Dean Nitin Nohria - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Feb 2019
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New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

people have great ideas and drive, but they don’t necessarily have the skills, knowledge, or connections to execute yet. We’re excited to see what they will do.” HBS Dean Nitin View Details

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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

About the Project 09 Aug 2013 Video Dean Nitin Nohria Announces the U.S. Competitiveness Project Video What Is the U.S. Competitiveness Project? 02 Apr 2015 Video An Economy... View Details

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CEO Leadership - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Business Review Seven Surprises for New CEOs by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, & Nitin Nohria As a newly minted CEO, you may think you finally have the power to set strategy, the authority to make things... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky Cracking the Code of Change , Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria Leading Change - Why Transformation Efforts Fail , John P. Kotter Tipping Point Leadership , W. Chan Kim and Renee... View Details

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Cash House | About

including poll taxes and literacy requirements that prevented many thousands of Black citizens from voting. In an announcement to the HBS community, Dean Nohria noted, “We cannot allow the Glass name to... View Details

29 Sep 2020
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James Cash Honored in HBS Building Renaming

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

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Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About

ceremonial events that bring together faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The Pavilion supports seasonal and programmatic flexibility with a contemporary design that resonates with the legacy campus. About the Donors Heather Reisman, Gerald Schwartz (MBA 1970) &... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

HBS faculty and alumni offer nine strategies to put you over the top, whatever the year ahead may hold. Out of the Valley A special Skydeck miniseries explores how frontier markets are defining the future of innovation In Review Nitin... View Details

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Polaroid Timeline - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral... View Details

February 2004
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Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler

Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Interests; Organizations; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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22 Aug 2017
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Thoughts on Charlottesville

HBS Dean Nitin Nohria has shared the following message with the HBS community regarding the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia and their aftermath: Members of the HBS... View Details

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

become a life sciences cluster and their understanding of the need for lab space to support Boston as a hub for biotechnology ventures,” said Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria. Harvard President Drew... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

By: Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria September–October 2024 | Article | Harvard Business Review When our society talks about leaders, we focus on formal roles, such as the CEO. This view undervalues the role of... View Details

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Developing the Plan - Advancing Racial Equity

and engage the business community in change efforts. The School needed a new action plan. Toward this end, former Dean Nitin Nohria invited a group faculty, staff, students,... View Details

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Building a Better Brazil

of our Executive Education programs is to help fulfill the need for well-trained business leaders at all levels of organizations worldwide, and we are interested in increasing our focus in Latin America," said Dean View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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C. Fritz Foley | About

HBS CFO Richard P. Melnick in advising Dean Datar and former Dean Nohria on the School’s finances, and he continues to participate in the budget process, the multiyear... View Details

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News & Commentary - Advancing Racial Equity

Professor Jan Hammond, chief marketing & communications officer Brian Kenny, and chief inclusion & diversity officer Terrill Drake. Vehement Arguments’: Romney Talks Importance of Free Speech at Harvard Business School Re: Nitin View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

motivated, to find meaning at work during this crisis. Research by Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria and colleagues suggests that people are guided by four basic... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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